Tosca
22nd January 2010
Houston Grand Opera, Texas
This was a new production for Houston Grand Opera in Texas. The première performance was at the Wortham Centre Opera House on 22 January 2010.
Tosca
| Opera by | Giacomo Puccini |
| Libretto by | Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica |
| From an original play by | Victorien Sardou |
Creative Team
| Conductor | Patrick Summers |
| Director | John Caird |
| Set and Costume Designer | Bunny Christie |
| Lighting Designer | Duane Schuler |
| Fight Director | Brian Byrnes |
| Chorus Master | Richard Bado |
| Children’s Choir Director | Karen Reeves |
| Recording Engineer | Marlan Barry |
| Musical Preparation | Peter Pasztor / Eric Melear / David Hanlon / Stephanie Rhodes |
| Stage Manager | Jessica L. Cole |
| Assistant Director | Louisa Muller |
| Surtitles by | Scott F. Heumann |
| Surtitles adapted by | Colin Ure |
Cast
| in order of appearance: | |
| Angelotti | Robert Gleadow |
| Sacristan | Steven Condy |
| Mario Cavaradossi | Alexey Dolgov |
| Floria Tosca | Patricia Racette |
| Baron Scarpia | Raymond Aceto |
| Spoletta | Shon Sims |
| Sciarrone | Michael Sumuel |
| Young Girl | Eliza Masewicz |
| Jailer (Gaoler) | Adam Cioffari |
Supernumeraries
| Supernumeraries | Stephen R. Brenner / Tedman Brown / Aaron S. Engel / Timothy Evers / Robert L. Gingles / Richard González / Ken Holder / Matthew B. Johnson / Charles D. Kaufman / Michael Pitkin / David Reeves / Jack Teatsworth |
Chorus
| Chorus Master | Richard Bado |
| Assistant Chorus Master | Eric Melear |
| Regular Chorus | Ofelia Adame / Debra Alons / Erin Bales / Steven Bayless / G. Leslie Biffle / Michel Bigelow / Tammie Bradley / Sandra Tye Campbell / James C. Chamberlain / Christopher Childress / Robert Dingman, Jr. / Laurelle Gowing / Douglas E. Henshaw / Frankie Hickman / Sasha Holloway / David Brooks Horn / Darlene James / Stephanie Jennings / James R. Jennings / Joy Jonstone / Joe Key / Joshua La Force / Wesley Landry / Laurie Lester / Hannah Celeste Lu / Cecilia Duarte / Alejandro Magallón / Keenan Manceaux / Kathleen Manley / Rahki DeShon Marcelous / Stacia Morgan / Ann Musselman / Carey M. O'Rarden / Andrew Peck / Daniel Prunaru Reagan / Lois Reagan / Michael W. Salinas / Paul Joseph Serna / Kelley Cooksey Smart / Carrie Young |
| Children's Chorus | Jennifer Grace Anderson / Sofia Irene Botti / Madeleine Delgado / Emme Lucia Enojado / Nell Elise Flanagan / Ekaterina Gorlova / James Vincent Johnson / Shelby Kasberger / Cullen King / Alicia Lore / Noelle Ogdee / Zander Shepeard / Audrey Spitz / Coen Valk / Joseph R.R. Wade / Donavan C. Woods |
Orchestra
| Music Director | Patrick Summers |
| First Violin | Denise Tarrant (Concertmaster) / Jonathan Godfrey (Assistant Concertmaster) / Oleg Sulyga / Rasa Kalesnykaite / Linda Sanders / Anabel Johnson / Christine Brain Elston / Chavdar Parashkevov / Kathleen Sloan / Aloysia Friedmann / Trung Trinh / Mila Neal / Kana Kimura |
| Second Violin | Erica Robinson (Principal Second) / Carrie Kauk (Assistant Principal Second) / Hae-a Lee / Dorian Vandenberg-Rodes / Sylvia VerMeulen / Miriam Belyatsky / Mary Reed / Maria Lin / Matthew Detrick / Andres Gonzalez |
| Viola | Eliseo Rene Salazar (Principal) / Lorento Golofeev (Assistant Principal) / Gayle Garcia-Shepard / Mary Fulgham / Suzanne LeFevre / Erika Lawson / Marcia Ryan / Elizabeth Charles |
| Cello | Barrett Sills (Principal) / Louis-Marie Fardet (Assistant Principal) / Erika Johnson / Wendy Smith-Butler / Steven Wiggs / Steve Estes |
| Double Bass | Dennis Whittaker (Principal) / Erik Gronfor (Assistant Principal) / Carla Clark / Paul Ellison |
| Flute | Mercedes Smith (Principal) / Robin Hough / Spring Hill |
| Oboe | Elizabeth Priestly (Principal) / Robin Hough / Spring Hill |
| Clarinet | Carol Stinson (Principal) / Eric Chi / Molly Mayfield |
| Bassoon | Karl Vilcins (Principal) / Thomas DeWitt / Miles Maner |
| French Horn | Sarah Cranston (Principal) / Kimberly Penrod Minson / Kevin McIntyre / Gavin Reed |
| Trumpet | Jim Vassallo (Principal) / Randal Adams / Marie Speziale |
| Trombone | Thomas Hultén / Michael Warny |
| Bass Trombone | Richard Reeves |
| Tuba | Mark Barton (Principal) |
| Timpani | Nancy Nelson (Principal) |
| Percussion | Richard Brown (Principal) / Christina Carroll |
| Harp | Joan Eidman (Principal) |
| Off-Stage Banda | |
| Percussion | Craig Hauschildt / Karen Flotter |
| Organ | Stephanie Rhodes |
| Orchestra Personnel Manager | Richard Brown |
Production Credits
| Surtitles cued by | Stephen Hopkins |
| Assistant to Duane Schuler | Michael Clark |
| Scenery constructed by | Ravenswood Studio, Inc., Chicago, IL |
| Front cloths painted by | CTS, Cardiff, UK |
| Statues constructed by | Roger Cresswell, UK |
| Crates built by | Cre8 A Scene, Houston, TX |
| Costumes constructed by | Houston Grand Opera Costume Department |